Connecticut middle schoolers 3D printed a boot to help this endangered penguin walk again
Jul19
A group of middle schoolers in Mystic, Connecticut teamed up with a local aquarium and the ACT Group, a 3D systems partner, to construct a new boot for a feisty penguin with an injured leg. Purps, an endangered African penguin that, following an altercation with another bird in 2011, tor the flexor tendon in her left leg, making it nearly non-functional. After creating a boot to support her, she regained some mobility, albeit limited due to the weight of the cumbersome new support appendage. Luckily, the kids at Mystic Middle School, were able to design and create a new lightweight…
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